The proprietors of the Barnstable Journal, Col. Baker, of Dennis, and Eben Bacon of Barnstable, have offered that establishment for sale -- The paper has several times changed hands since its commencement, and has at last

failed in the hands of Mr. Underwood.

1866

Mr. Marston, who is seeking a nomination for Congress, has a contemptible opinion of Mr. Swift, of the Yarmouth

Register; and it is intimated that he intends to re-establish the Harwich Republican, as a campaign paper, to aid his election. In his notice some time since, of Mr. Swift, he said that "he dealt with the secession problem as a cow would handle a musket, and in a way likely to do more damage to the soldier than the enemy" -- and that all his arguments were "nonsense."

1896

(Advt.)"MELBA," The Soloist, Sings Superbly and The Shoe Sells Supremely and charms everyone. You must see either to know the real worth and recognize the value. The Shoe is light, soft as an old glove and easy as a slipper. Carried in Stock by Benj. D. Baxter, Hyannis, Mass., Old Bank Building.

1916

Axel Hakkarine, a Finn resident of West Barnstable, aged 24, while riding a motorcycle on Wednesday evening, near the A. Michelson store, ran into an automobile occupied by Mr. and Mrs. William E. Russell, Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Lenihan and Miss Stella Russell of Sandwich. The motorcycle was going with such force that it overturned the car and the occupants were thrown out. They escaped with minor injuries. Hakkarine was taken to the Hyannis hospital by Dr. C. W. Miliken, where he died at 3:30 a.m.

1926

The Clerk of Courts office at Barnstable has been paid a very high compliment After making inquiries, the system used by Miss Ruth C. Snow was so highly recommended to the Newport Clerk of Courts that he has communicated with Miss Snow asking for an appointment to come to Barnstable and inspect and study the system

1936

Clam Warden Ernest C. Dottridge estimates, judging by what has been done up to Sept. 1, that 8,000 barrels of clams will be dug in Barnstable harbor this year. This is much more than what is replaced by the new growth, he thinks.

1946

An area comprising 65 square miles in Cape Cod's Barnstable County and including sections in the towns of Barnstable, Yarmouth, Dennis, Brewster and Harwich was described as the ideal site for the United Nations Assembly today by millionaire Charles Henry Davis, chairman of the New England UN Committee Davis charges that UN delegations in New York are constantly being subjected to pressure from Communists and similar pressure groups. He pointed to Cape Cod as a "location steeped in the traditions of the American town hall and free from schemers who would seek to exploit the UN Assembly for their own selfish ends."

1956

Miss Clara Jane Hallett, Hyannis historian and Patriot columnist, who well may be the oldest active newswriter in the nation, is looking forward to greeting her friends at an open house on Miss Hallett's 98

th birthday at the Resthaven Nursing home on School Street in Hyannis She has not failed once during the year to have her "My Beams" column ready well in advance of publication date.

1966

On Cape Cod the stuff that dreams are made of is a center for the finest in music and art. This dream, nurtured for years by all the Cape communities, is several winks closer to reality this week as the Raymond Moore Foundation of Dennis announces plans for a Cape Cod Center of Performing Arts. 1967 will see the opening of an acoustically engineered music shell on the grounds of the famous Cape Playhouse and Cinema in Dennis. It will accommodate 2,000 concert goers under its roof, with an additional outdoor garden seating for 1,500.

1976

Selectman Mary Montagna last week called for a part-time selectman system with a professional administrator in testifying before the Barnstable Charter Commission Chairman Francis Broadhurst, considered a swing vote, expressed continued skepticism about a part-time board with an appointed administrator. Broadhurst had favored a part-time system with an elected "first selectman" who would act as full-time town administrator. That has not gained support.

1986

Only one Cape contest will be on town Democratic and Republican ballots in the state primary next Tuesday -- two candidates for each party's nod for county commissioner. For the GOP, lawyer Allen Larson of West Barnstable, former Cape Cod Community College fund-raiser, will square off against former state representative Bernard Wilber from Cummaquid. Democrat Robert O'Leary, a Mass. Maritime Academy professor, also from Cummaquid, will square off against Theodore Panitz, a Community College professor who heads the Centerville Village Assn. and is on the town school committee.

1996

Three current county employees are being asked by county commissioners to play a larger role in county affairs in a game of musical chairs which began with the unexplained unseating of short-termer O. Paul Shew, whose 14 months as county administrator cost taxpayers over $150,000. The employees are Mark Zielinski, the director of county finance, assistant county treasurer Joanne Pine-Nelson, and Maggie Downey, director of resources and development.